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Chana Roth – “Shtil Di Nakht’ (Partisan’s song in Yiddish)

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This is a Partisan's song - a partizaner lid - composed by H.Glik and performed in circa mid-60's by Israeli singer Hannah/Chana Roth. SHTIL DI NAKHT in yiddish means "The night is still". From...
A view of the archaeological digging site of the City of David near the Old City of Jerusalem on March 31, 2019. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Fearing ‘end of world is near,’ Israeli returns stolen 2,000-year-old City of David artifact

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An Israeli citizen who fears the world is ending amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic recently returned to Jerusalem’s City of David National Park a 2,000-year-old catapult stone he stole 15 years ago. “The time has...

A Talmud-based Passover tale for children

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The Passover Mouse by Joy Nelkin Wieder, illustrated by Shahar Kober; Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2020;ISBN 9781984-895530; 24 pages including author’s note and glossary; $17.99 Somewhere in Eastern Europe, in a little Jewish village, a...

A Yiddish song of hope during the coronavirus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRIWbcSAHxE   הרבֿ יואל ראָטה איז באַקאַנט דעם חסידישן עולם קודם ווי אַ בראַצלאַווער רבֿ, וואָס פֿירט אָן מיט דער וויליאַמסבורגער ישיבֿה „תּפֿארת התּורה‟. ראָטהס ישיבֿה איז באַרימט ווי אַן אָרט, וווּ בחורים וואָס פּאַסן זיך...

All YIVO online classes are now free of charge

אַלע ייִוואָ־קורסן אויף דער אינטערנעץ זענען איצט בחינם מחמת אַלע זענען פֿאַרשפּאַרט צוליבן קאָראָנאַווירוס, האָט דער ייִוואָ באַשלאָסן צו אַנולירן דעם שׂכר־לימוד פֿאַר אַלע זײַנע אינטערנעץ־קורסן. ”דער ייִוואָ וויל אונדז דערמוטיקן און צושטעלן קלאַסן און מאַטעריאַלן...
A view of Milan, Italy. Credit: Jöshua Barnett/contemplicity.com via Flickr.

Former leader of Jewish community in Milan, 79, dies from coronavirus

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Michele Sciama, former secretary-general of the main Jewish communal-life organization in Milan, Italy, died of the coronavirus on March 16 at the age of 79. Sciama, who was known by those close to him as...
Portion of the Temple Scroll, labeled 11Q19, one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls dating back to the second-century C.E. Credit: Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Dead Sea Scrolls at Museum of Bible in Washington discovered to be forgeries

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What was thought to be 16 Dead Sea Scroll fragments housed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., were discovered to be forgeries following an in-depth investigation, reported National Geographic last week. “We’re victims—we’re victims of...
Reading from a Torah scroll in accordance with Sephardi tradition. Credit: Sagie Maoz via Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish organization applauds Portuguese commemoration of Spanish Inquisition victims

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Jewish organization Reconectar applauded the recent passing of a law in the Portuguese Parliament that established March 31 as the official date to commemorate victims of the Inquisition. Ashley Perry (Perez), president of Reconectar, which...
Attorney Jane Olman presented the Mega Aliyah Event on March 15, 2020. Credit: Nefesh B'Nefesh.

‘Virtual’ Mega Aliyah Event draws 2,500 participants in face of coronavirus crisis

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The annual Mega Aliyah Event, which provides potential new immigrants (olim) with an all-encompassing slate of resources for retirees, young professionals, medical professionals, families and singles, that was set to take place in New...
Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog speaks during the Public Forum Conference on Nov. 15, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Jewish organizations rally behind Italian Jews amid coronavirus shutdown

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Amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Italy, which has brought the country to a virtual standstill, prominent Jewish organizations continue to engage the Jewish community in the country. Chairman Isaac Herzog and Chairman of Keren...